She
is best known for winning Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Year title for 2003.
She is also noted for being one of the few pornographic actresses with an
Indian Punjabi Sikh background.

Leone's father was born in Tibet and raised in New Delhi, while her mother is
from a small town called Nahan, Himachal Pradesh. Her family moved to California
in 1996. After graduating high school in 1999, she began modeling and eventually
transitioned into nude modeling. Leone began appearing in many magazines and
websites in the nude, and eventually posed in a layout for Penthouse magazine
in 2001 (Pet of the Month March), as well as being featured in the Holiday 2001
edition of Hustler magazine as a Hustler Honey. Her popularity and beauty allowed
her to win the 2003 Penthouse Pet of the Year award. She mostly does softcore
modeling and videos, both solo and lesbian.

She has signed an exclusive
contract with Vivid Entertainment, where she has now moved into hardcore videos,
though only lesbian. In 2004, she was part of "No more Bush Girls",
where along with several other popular adult actresses, they shaved off their
pubic hair in protest of the Bush presidency. Her first release under vivid
was titled Sunny, and was followed by her 2006 release, Virtual Vivid Girl
Sunny Leone (which took four days to film). She was the first Vivid star to
have such an interactive feature ever. In
June 2006, Leone became an American citizen. Her follow up movie "Sunny
and Cher" was released in October 2006, and her most recent release was
"The Female Gardener" which was released in January 2007. She stars
in the remake of "Debbie does Dallas...Again", the first Vivid movie
to be released on Blu-Ray Disc and HD DVD, starring as Christie, released
in April 2007. Her last movie released to date was "It's Sunny in Brazil".

Leone announced
on The Howard Stern Show on January 23, 2008 that she is currently single
after breaking off her engagement with her former fiance.

In February 2008,
it was announced that Sunny Leone will be the first adult performer to star
in a Bollywood film. Filming for "Pirate's Blood" started mid-February
2008 in Oman. This English-language thriller will also star veteran Bollywood
actor, Salim Bahwan. The Arabic press has dubbed Ms. Leone as the 'Indian-American
Marilyn Monroe'.

INTERVIEW
-----------------------------------------------------------------How
did you get started in the Industry?I
was sitting in my English class and this girl gave me a number to a agent.
When I walked into the office I had no idea that he was a adult agent. He
had adult mags on the wall. He then told me what he did and I said ok I can
try it. We started out just taking photos and thats it.

How
many films have you done to date?I have
made 4 girl/girl movies for vivid and 2 boy/girl movies. I have also made
a bunch of soft core vids for penthouse and many other companies.

Do
you go out with just regular guys?I go
out with who ever intrigues me. I dont have a preference of whether
they are in adult or not.

What
intrigues you about the adult industry?Everything.
I like the idea of waking up in the morning and doing something new each day.
I love taking photos and I love running my sites. Its always different everyday.

What
other interests outside of the biz are you inspired by?I love
painting, being creative, people who are positive and love their jobs, there
is nothing more motivating then someone telling you all the stuff they are
doing and then you want to work just as hard to get that feeling.

What
do you hope to be doing say 5-10 yrs from now?I will
be running hopefully a huge affiliate program with multiple sites. I know
that I will always be in adult but just not always in front of the camera.
Oh and hopefully married and having babies.

Do
you listen to hip hop? Who do you like?I do
listen to hip hop. I love anything that I can dance to.

Whats
your favirite color?Yellow

Whats
your favorite position?Doggie

If
you could be 1 person for a day ( anyone) who would it be?Angelina
jolie and not just because she gets to bang Brad but because of all the other
work she does. She gives so much to the world and people all the time and
I would love to be in her shoes for a day.